The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-25

az heart and in sympathy. At the incep-
t,oh OF the dynamite movement he ex
EreSSe1 himself opposed to it on the ground
/ thaS another attempt should be made to
se1tie the Anglo-lrish problem on the 81
liAe--vlz., by purely revolutionary or omen
ilght methods 1t was only when he found
OUT the impossibility of Ireland's ever
pelng able to cope with England on the
pattle fleld so long as England was not en-
proiied IN foreign war that Capt, Mackay
abandoned his former position and entered
Ine ranks OF the dynamiters. His past
record, his high powers of intelligence and
ms immense daring soon raised him to an
influential post in the Organization. and it
may be said with the utmost truth that he
was Tor one year and a half the guiding
spirit and inspirer of one of the active.
lrreconclleable wings that created at one
tane such intense alarm and CONSERVATION
In London.
MACKAY READS HIS OBITUARY.
"Well, Capt. Mackay," observed. ''you
nave seen your obituary notice in the Lon
don TYn,esYn
Yes, and am not the first man who has
seen his there. The story of my death grew
IN TACT out of my silence Since the London
bridge business / have, for reasons of nv
own, suspended all communication, direct
or indirect, with my friends across the
water. There are only three Irish revolu-
tlonlsts IN Europe who know I'm alive, and
they have kept my secret"
why did you pursue this peculiar line of
| conductF'
las told you. for reasons of my own
one or two of which, however, have no
obJecuon to explain to you. In the first
place, thought it best to suspend active
operations for time in order to give the.
British publicsa calm opportunity of feeling
that we Ilshf1en were, after all, in down
rlght earnest In struggling for our country's
Independence. l considered my role COM
plete1 Tor the moment, and retired alto
gether from the arena. After the lapse of
few months Mr.. Gladstone commenced to
plan his federal or home rule scheme, which
| am sure he never would have contemplated
or sought to carry out only for our
practical work in London. The fact is that
Mr.. Gladstone had always to be egged
on by explosions before he paid any serious
attention to the wrongs of Ireland. Once
the ex-Premier was out in the field with his
pet project and Mr. Pa-.ieIl and his fol-
lowers accepted that project. l judged it
not only inopportune but unpatriotic to
resume the dynamite campaign. Such is
the second reason that prompted me to keep
altogether to myself l wanted TO give Mr..
Parnell no reason for failure, if he did fail,
in this supreme effort for Irish legislative
independence, although | knew that even
with Gladstone at his back he'd never secure
itn
THE LONDON BRIDGE EXPLOSION.
"And now, Capt. Mackay, l am re-
quested to ask you for a detailed report of
the prominent part you are supposed to
have taken in the London bridge explosion. :"
II thought dead men told no tales re-
piled the Captain, with smile. There
are, however, l fancy, exceptions to every
1.,,1a I
you might as well tell the London Times
and all Others whom it may concern that
Capt. Mackay is not only alive, but you
may assure them that he was never in better
health and spirits.
ut is quite true" continued the Captain,
''that it was | who planned and executed
the London bridge explosion. On the night
III question four comrades and myself
stepped into a four-oared boat belonging to
a friend of ours at a certain point 200 or
300 yards above Westminster bridge Ar
irving within a short distance of our desti-
nation we touched at one of the embank-
ment stairs, where three of my companions
got out one crossing LONDON bridge in order
to watch the movements of stray policemen
while the other two remained on the other
side with the same object in view. Shortly
afterward my remaining comrade and my
self rowed out in the direction of the
bridge, but we had to back oars several
times to allow boats and barges TO pass At
last, when we found that ours was the only
craft on the river for hundreds of yards up
and down, we moved cautiously under one
of the arches. l held the oars and kept the
beat all right, while my companion was in
serting hook in the wall to which to fasten
the boat tightly by means of rope. My
friend subsequently, owing to an awkward
stroke of the hammer, manned the fingers
of his left hand so severely that he was quite
useless to me- and had to do the rest of the
business myself at once set to work and
rather hard substance, lost much time in
making a proper hollow, in which l de-
posted the explosive material